[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69454-69455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27552]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP14-504-000]
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of
Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Rock
Springs Expansion Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the Rock
Springs Expansion Project (Project), proposed by Transcontinental Gas
Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco) in the above referenced docket.
Transco requests authorization to construct and operate natural gas
pipeline facilities in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and Cecil County,
Maryland. The Project would provide 192,000 dekatherms of natural gas
per day to the Wildcat Point Generating Facility in Cecil County,
Maryland.
The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the proposed Project in accordance with
the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The
FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed Project, with
appropriate mitigating measures, would not constitute a major federal
action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources participated as a
cooperating agency in the preparation of the EA. Cooperating agencies
have jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to resources
potentially affected by the proposal and participate in the National
Environmental Policy Act analysis.
Transco proposes to: (1) Construct and operate a 11.2-mile-long
pipeline lateral from Transco's Mainline Systems ``A'' and ``B'' in
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to the Old Dominion Electric
Cooperative's Wildcat Point Generating Facility; (2) a new 4,000-
horsepower electric compressor station at the terminus of the lateral,
and appurtenant facilities; and (3) modify piping and valves at its
existing Compressor Station 200 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
The FERC staff mailed copies of the EA to federal, state, and local
government representatives and agencies; elected officials;
environmental and public interest groups; Native American tribes;
potentially affected landowners and other interested individuals and
groups; newspapers and libraries in the project area; and parties to
this proceeding. In addition, the EA is available for public viewing on
the FERC's Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. A limited
number of copies of the EA are available for distribution and public
inspection at:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference Room, 888 First
Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8371.
Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Your comments
should focus on the potential environmental effects, reasonable
alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts.
The more
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specific your comments, the more useful they will be. To ensure that
the Commission has the opportunity to consider your comments prior to
making its decision on this Project, it is important that we receive
your comments in Washington, DC on or before December 15, 2014.
For your convenience, there are three methods in which you can use
to file your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please
reference the project docket numbers (CP14-504-000) with your
submission. The Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and
has expert staff available to assist you at (202) 502-8258 or
[email protected].
(1) You may file your comments electronically using the eComment
feature on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
Documents and Filings. This is an easy method for submitting brief,
text-only comments on a project;
(2) You may also file your comments electronically using the
eFiling feature on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the
link to Documents and Filings. With eFiling, you can provide comments
in a variety of formats by attaching them as a file with your
submission. New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking
on ``eRegister.'' You must select the type of filing you are making. If
you are filing a comment on a particular project, please select
``Comment on a Filing''; or
(3) You may file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to
the following address:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First St. NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Any person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a
motion to intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).\1\ Only intervenors have the
right to seek rehearing of the Commission's decision. The Commission
grants affected landowners and others with environmental concerns
intervenor status upon showing good cause by stating that they have a
clear and direct interest in this proceeding which no other party can
adequately represent. Simply filing environmental comments will not
give you intervenor status, but you do not need intervenor status to
have your comments considered.
\1\ See the previous discussion on the methods for filing comments.
Additional information about the project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the
FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Click on the
eLibrary link, click on ``General Search,'' and enter the docket number
excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP14-
504). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
[email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the
texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders,
notices, and rulemakings.
In addition, the Commission now offers a free service called
eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances
and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time
you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with
notification of these filings, document summaries and direct links to
the documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.
Dated: November 14, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-27552 Filed 11-20-14; 8:45 am]
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